Here's a random thought. For the first person that is lucky enough to find one of the "Golden Minifigures", what do you think they will list it on eBay for? (Let's just assume he/she did for the fun of it.) How about....

Here's the list of Mr Gold's that have appeared so far (that I know of).

796 - Zellingen, Germany

865 - Karlsruhe, Germany

870 - Karlsruhe, Germany

880 - Karlsruhe, Germany

898 - Burke, Virginia

933 - Karlsruhe, Germany

934 - Karlsruhe, Germany

942 - Karlsruhe, Germany

1229 - Germany

1331 - Belgium, Europe

1604 - agp548 from Hawaii, USA

1849 - Graz, Austria

3160 - Benzo on Brickset from Saskatchewan, Canada

3194 - Mos Eisley from Fullerton, California

3271 - Tuckerton, New Jersey

3342 - mushedroom

3739 - La Mesa, California

4154 - Richardson, Texas

4544 - Mountain Home, Idaho

4576 - Lake in the Hills, Illinois

4610 - Tacoma, Washington

4616 - Ellensburg, Washington

4625 - BrickBrats on eBay from Victorville, California

4628 - Portland, Oregon

4746 - Mos Eisley from Fullerton, California

4838 - Deder2416 on Brickset from Georgia

4855 - SamuraiPete on Brickset from Spring Hill, Kansas

4914 - datsunman on Brickset from Phillipsburg, New Jersey

4928 - Twiddlepotts from Portland, Oregon

These have been found but no number given.

Bricks was lucky enough to find 2

Tommahas8012 had one

Akamu54 on Brickset from Thunder Bay, Ontario

buriedbybricks on Brickset from New Brunswick, Canada

jvdrummer182 on BrickSet from New Jersey

Mike in Southwestern Ontario, Canada (No idea on number or what the guys real name is.)

Mr. Gold's found: 2,152

Mr. Gold's left to be found: 2,848

Mr. Gold: Where is he found?

Mr. Gold: World Map

Ed Mack's Edit: In addition to the Mr. Gold value discussion, John and Dave from BRICKS AND MINIFIGS posted a picture of the "dot codes" from a Mr. Gold they have in their possession. Maybe it will help you find another one.

Edited October 23, 201411 yr by TheOrcKing
update to Mr. Gold count

Check out his store.....

Yes, this guy has high feedback, and definitely knows what he is doing with 100+ CMS listings. Making me think he's legit, but something doesn't seem right. What will really piss us all is when some random person comes out with 50 of these guys and sells them for $600 each in a couple hours.

http://stores.ebay.fr/ulbrichversand/LEGO-Figuren-/_i.html?_fsub=2566153014&_sid=874604164&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322 He has number 865 and 870....

http://stores.ebay.fr/ulbrichversand/LEGO-Figuren-/_i.html?_fsub=2566153014&_sid=874604164&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

He has number 865 and 870....

How the heck did the seller get two of him?! That's just crazy.

Well I guess that's two Mr Gold we can check off the list.

JEEEEZUSS! Guess I gotta figure out how to get one at the lego store or http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-Minifig-Custom-Mr-Gold-Replica-Series-10-Limited-Run-Will-sell-out-/221215016426?pt=Building_Toys_US&hash=item33817145ea LoL

Are you saying they are numbered? I don't see a number on mine anywhere. Hi all, I was lucky to find a mr. Gold today. Here is info about what I found. He is double bagged. A clear bag inside of the foil package holds him safely. His staff is made of two pieces with a diamond as the crowning glory for a total of three. I will not be opening his clear bag. in Oregon, USA

Are you saying they are numbered? I don't see a number on mine anywhere.

I didn't think there would be a number printed onto the minifigure itself. Is there a number on the included leaflet? I found this enlarged image on one of the two eBay lots mentioned earlier in the thread.

Oh, and good stroke of luck already finding a Mr Gold!

Twiddlepotts, do you have any pictures of your Mr Gold?

Will they finally be randomly placed in cases that are randomly shipped worldwide?

Will they finally be randomly placed in cases that are randomly shipped worldwide?

no randomly, ofcourse LEGO will know how much they ship to Europe, USA, Asia etc...

but thats about it then the random thing happens.

For those in doubt, here's what it really looks like.

just saw another one on ebay, its only listed for 3000 us dollars lol what a joke

Ha ha. These things are appearing quickly. If all 5,000 come out in the first month or so, sales of the series will probably slow down considerably. Lego may want to hold a few cases that it knows have them in order to maintain hype.

I'll be buying one if I'm not lucky enough to get one, however it will definitely be in a couple of weeks/months when ebay is littered with them

I'm still waiting for this one to hit clearance.

For those in doubt, here's what it really looks like.

I'll give you 10 times MSRP!!!! ;-)

This is one of those MF where it gets real in a hurry

I'll give you 10 times MSRP!!!! ;-)20x MSRP! Let's go, Ed, come at me, bro! :-) LOL

For those in doubt, here's what it really looks like.

Can you tell any notable difference in size, weight, or aspect of the outside bag of Mr. Gold compared to the bags of the other minifigures? I just want to get an idea of whether or not the Mr. Gold bag will be heavier than the others. It should be, right, since it comes with two bags as well as the check list and the Mr Gold paper with the number. It doescome with the standard slip showing all 16 minifigures, right?

I'm thinking it should be a tad bit heavier and bulky and should make for identification quite quick...

I don't have my handy dandy scientific scale so I can't say for sure on the weight difference, and yes it has the standard base plate and paper insert (just a different back side). There is a dot code for it of course, and as far as feel or anything else, all I can say is that it felt like any of the other thousands of series figs I've opened over the years. It does have an ever so slight softer crinkle to it because of the second bag, but seriously just feel for the staff (harry potter type wand). It's easier to feel than the hat. And just for Brickpicker so they can be the first in the world to publish it (since I love working with Ed & Jeff) is the dot code as shown below.

I don't have my handy dandy scientific scale so I can't say for sure on the weight difference, and yes it has the standard base plate and paper insert (just a different back side). There is a dot code for it of course, and as far as feel or anything else, all I can say is that it felt like any of the other thousands of series figs I've opened over the years. It does have an ever so slight softer crinkle to it because of the second bag, but seriously just feel for the staff (harry potter type wand). It's easier to feel than the hat.

And just for Brickpicker so they can be the first in the world to publish it (since I love working with Ed & Jeff) is the dot code as shown below.

Do you have one of the Mr. Gold figs?

Yeah, if look back in the posts you'll see I posted a picture of it.

Yeah, if look back in the posts you'll see I posted a picture of it.

Do you know what the website is that you can track how many Mr. Gold figs have been found? I can't seem to find that. BTW, how many bags did you open until you got Mr. Gold?

The website isn't active yet. I can only assume that they aren't going to launch it until "LEGO" officially starts selling them. As for the number of cases, it doesn't really matter since it was dumb luck anyways to find it.

John, thanks for your images and information. Everyone, John from Bricks and Minifigs is full of great LEGO information and has a chain of LEGO shops with a great inventory of new and used sets. If any of you are in the the Washington, Oregon or New Mexico areas, go check out their stores.

For those in doubt, here's what it really looks like.

Hmm, intriguing. I wonder if it will make smooshing a little bit more difficult? I would quess that having a bag within a bag will make separating parts trickier somewhat, but from a glance all of his pieces are so simply unique that I don't think it will matter too much. The top hat is huge and the cane is, well, a stick. Then there's his diamond and lightsaber hilt too.

Thank you for sharing the image; it's cool to finally see Mr Gold 'in the plastic' as it were.